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May 08, 2013 |

With Cuts, Strike Looms for Provider Of Legal Services

A strike is looming at Legal Services NYC, a provider of civil legal services for the indigent, after union members reacted with anger to what management said was its final offer to attorneys and staff who have been working without a contract since July 2012.
5 minute read
May 29, 2009 |

Family Court Denied Jurisdiction To Hear Same-Sex Support Issue

Family Court does not have jurisdiction to order a woman with no biological or legal ties to her former same-sex partner's son to pay child support, a state appeals panel has ruled. The 3-2 ruling turned on the fact that the only New York proceedings for determining parentage are paternity proceedings, which resolve controversies regarding the fatherhood of a child. No similar vehicle exists for determining a child's mother and, therefore, for the Family Court to order a woman with no other biological or legal connection to a child to pay for his or her support, according to an Appellate Division, Second Department, panel.
5 minute read
August 13, 2007 |

Thelen Restructures U.K. Joint Venture

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner and U.K. law firm Pinsent Masons are taking the wrecking ball to the global construction law joint venture they built in 2003.
3 minute read
July 19, 2007 |

Mitigating Liability From Employee Use of Technology

Employee abuse of employer-provided equipment has always created a potential for liability, but the advent of the computer and the Internet has significantly altered the landscape. Attorney Sherrie Travis discusses two cases that demonstrate the unsettled nature of the issue of company liability to outsiders based on an employee's illegal or inappropriate use of company computers. Travis also notes some proactive steps that employers can take to significantly reduce the chances of employee abuse.
8 minute read
February 15, 2012 |

A Freeh Hand on Governance

Judge Louis Freeh is uniquely positioned to influence the practical application of corporate-governance principles — and he is strongly encouraged to do so.
4 minute read
February 16, 2010 |

New FTC Blogging Rules Pose Risks for Corporate Advertisers

Shari Claire Lewis, a partner at Rivkin Radler, discusses the FTC's changes to its formal guidance to advertisers as to the steps necessary to keep their endorsement and testimonial ads from running afoul of the Federal Trade Commission Act and its potential consumer protection liabilities. The most significant and practical issue raised by the updated Guidance is the liability risk corporate advertisers now face when relying on or working through social media, such as blogs in word-of-mouth marketing campaigns.
11 minute read
September 09, 2010 |

Panel Reinstates Malpractice Suit Over Visa Advice

By a 4-1 vote, a state appeals panel has reinstated a malpractice complaint against an immigration attorney who allegedly offered incorrect advice about a visa matter that would have put a client at great personal risk. The Appellate Division, First Department, ordered the case to be reinstated to weigh claims that the attorney should have brought forth evidence that his client's dilemma was caused by "an unlawful and vindictive act by an employer," which had engaged in "benching" against him, i.e., firing him but retaining his immigration documents so he could not seek alternate employment.
4 minute read
July 13, 2004 |

Computer Law

Richard Raysman and Peter Brown, partners at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, write that it is extraordinarily difficult to derive personally identifiable information without the assistance of an Internet Service Provider.
12 minute read
December 29, 2011 |

New restrictions proposed for claims against state agencies

South Florida Rep. Bill Hager has proposed placing new restrictions on claims bills, limiting which lawmakers can file the bills and barring lobbyists from collecting contingency fees for getting the measures passed.
4 minute read

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